Chapter Summaries

Mr. Hawking faced Alexander Pierce, who revealed Hydra was behind the Sentinel Robots and tried to recruit the Hero Alliance. Hawking rejected the offer and challenged Pierce’s assumptions, leaving Pierce proposing a contest between his robots and the conference contestants.

• Mr. Hawking recalled that Trask Industries had disappeared after Stryker’s death and learned its disappearance was connected to Hydra.
• Captain Marvel warned Mr. Hawking that the Sentinel Robots were a secret Hydra weapon.
• Alexander Pierce addressed Mr. Hawking through a Sentinel Robot and offered him a place among Hydra’s leaders if he brought the Hero Alliance into cooperation.
• Mr. Hawking laughed at Pierce’s offer, explaining that he wanted to reach the Sea of Stars rather than rule Earth, and questioned Hydra’s strength.
• Pierce proposed having the Sentinel Robots fight the conference contestants so Mr. Hawking could see what Hydra could do.

Hawking refused to join Pierce and turned the Sentinel Robots’ attack into a public demonstration, asking the top twenty-six contestants to fight them. The contestants were quickly overwhelmed, leaving Thor, Hulk, and Captain Marvel battling the robots while Loki withdrew.

• Pierce tried to persuade Hawking to join Hydra, but Hawking proposed that the top twenty-six contestants test the Sentinel Robots instead.
• Hawking restored the arena, and Thor, Loki, Captain Marvel, and the other contestants agreed to fight the robots.
• Pierce sent twenty-six Sentinel Robots into the arena and positioned the rest around the venue to prevent anyone from escaping.
• The Sentinel Robots’ defenses and abilities overwhelmed the contestants, injuring or eliminating most of them.
• Loki pretended to be hit and withdrew, while the robots divided their attacks among Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Thor.
• Hulk was restrained, Captain Marvel was drained by ranged attacks, and Thor held off sixteen robots with Thor’s Hammer.

Pierce threatened Hawking with his Sentinel Robots and demanded that the Hero Alliance submit, but Hawking publicly refused and rallied the crowd against Hydra. As Pierce sent more robots into the fight, Hawking entered the arena and activated Shinigami Mode.

• Pierce told Hawking that twenty-six Sentinel Robots were holding off the top contestants and threatened him with more than ten thousand robots.
• Hawking rejected Pierce, and the Hero Alliance employees and audience rallied behind him and declared their opposition to Hydra.
• Nick Fury reconsidered his doubts about Hawking and the Hero Alliance as the crowd showed its support.
• Pierce became enraged and vowed to unleash more Sentinel Robots against Hawking.
• Hawking appeared in the arena and activated Shinigami Mode by combining his Shinigami power with Chakra.

Hawking revealed his Shinigami Mode and destroyed the Sentinel Robots attacking him. When Pierce ordered the remaining Sentinels to massacre the spectators and contestants, Hawking used his control over the island’s Wood Release city to stop them, leaving everyone safe.

• Hawking transformed into Shinigami Mode and sliced apart four Sentinel Robots with his Soul Severing Blade and Getsuga Tensho.
• Pierce sent the remaining twenty-two Sentinels after Hawking, who killed them with more than a hundred rapid strikes.
• Black Marvel and Thor realized how much strength Hawking had held back, while Pierce ordered a full assault on everyone in the arena.
• Hawking told Thor and the others they did not need to intervene, then returned to Sage Mode and turned the city into a fortress that knocked the attacking Sentinels away from the crowd.

Hawking drew the Sentinel Robots away from the city and fought them alone, while Thor offered to summon Asgard's army. Hawking refused the help and destroyed the remaining robots with a Saiyan Great Ape mouth blast, leaving Pierce's attack overwhelmed.

• Hawking cast a Super Shield Charm over the city and challenged Pierce's Sentinel Robots to attack him instead of the people below.
• Thor offered to summon Asgard's army, but Hawking refused and told him to watch the fight first.
• Hawking cut down the Sentinel Robots with his Soul Severing Blade after they learned to dodge Getsuga Tensho.
• Pierce ordered the Sentinel Robots to retreat and attack from a distance, but Hawking's Fiendfyre melted the robots it touched.
• Hawking transformed into a Saiyan Great Ape and overwhelmed the robots' combined laser beam with a mouth blast, sweeping away the remaining Sentinels.

Hawking destroyed the Sentinel Robots, traced their interference machine to a Hydra agent, and learned the location of Pierce’s hidden base. He confronted Pierce as he tried to flee by helicopter and extracted his soul.

• Hawking destroyed the Sentinel Robots, earning Justice Points as the spectators cheered.
• Pierce ordered Hydra to evacuate its base, secure the Sentinel research, and go silent.
• Hawking reached the island cave, extracted a Hydra agent’s soul to learn Hydra’s information, and shut down the quantum interference machine.
• Hawking traveled to Pierce’s hidden base and stopped the helicopter carrying him from escaping.
• Pierce tried to reason with Hawking, but Hawking extracted his soul using the Human Path.

Mr. Hawking destroyed a Hydra base and secured its Sentinel Robot technology, then used the gathering to build ties with Thor and confirm Aquaman Namor’s decision to join the Hero Alliance. The chapter ended with Namor choosing cooperation over war with humanity.

• Mr. Hawking read Pierce’s memories, confirmed the Sentinel Robot technology had not spread to other Hydra branches, and destroyed Pierce’s base while taking its scientists, machinery, and a flash drive.
• Mr. Hawking returned to the island and invited Thor and the Asgardians to his room, where he thanked them for offering to help humanity.
• Thor praised Mr. Hawking and accepted his offer of friendship, while Loki questioned how much Mr. Hawking knew about Asgard and Earth.
• After Thor and the Asgardians left, Mr. Hawking invited Aquaman Namor over and asked him to decide whether he would join the Hero Alliance.
• After seeing Mr. Hawking destroy thousands of Sentinel Robots as a Great Ape, Aquaman Namor firmly chose to join the Hero Alliance.

Mr. Hawking recruited Nick Fury to lead the effort against Hydra, offering him intelligence while demanding Hydra scientists for Gravity Technology research. He also warned Fury to stop experimenting with the Tesseract, leaving Fury with a path to dismantle Hydra and a warning about the danger of the cosmic artifact.

• Mr. Hawking summoned Nick Fury and heard him pledge that S.H.I.E.L.D. would no longer oppose him or the Hero Alliance.
• Mr. Hawking gave Fury memories extracted from Pierce, revealing Hydra bases and hidden agents, and arranged for the Hero Alliance to help destroy them.
• Mr. Hawking required Fury to hand over Hydra scientists to work on Gravity Technology, and Fury readily agreed.
• Mr. Hawking warned Fury that continued research on the Tesseract could invite a dangerous invasion.

After the Sentinel Robot crisis, Hawking spent two peaceful months training and expanding the League of Legends Game before resuming his search for Otsutsuki Isshiki. He failed to locate Isshiki and considered luring him out, while wishing he could spend more time in the Naruto World.

• Nick Fury accepted Hawking's warning about the Tesseract and left, while Hawking handed the conference cleanup to Susan and returned to training.
• Over two months, Hawking's Combat Power grew, the League of Legends Game became a global force, and S.H.I.E.L.D. and the League crushed Hydra's remaining bases.
• Hawking returned to Mount Myōboku and explained that he was searching for Otsutsuki Isshiki to obtain a Ten-Tails and Ōtsutsuki body for his plans to grow a Divine Tree.
• Hawking searched the Naruto World but found no trace of Isshiki, so he considered changing his approach and luring Isshiki out.

Hawking considered using Dream Walking with a Protagonist Template to reach other worlds, but recognized the risks of obtaining and reading the Darkhold. He then focused on drawing Otsutsuki Isshiki into appearing during his limited time in the Naruto World, reasoning that Isshiki might act if Kaguya Otsutsuki were left vulnerable.

• Hawking realized his Protagonist Template could breach dimensional barriers, but he needed a way like Dream Walking to travel to other worlds.
• Hawking considered finding the Darkhold in Kamar-Taj and worried that Chthon’s corruption would make learning Dream Walking dangerous.
• Hawking set aside interworld travel and prioritized finding Otsutsuki Isshiki, since his one-hour limit in the Naruto World made searching difficult.
• Hawking decided to lure Otsutsuki Isshiki into appearing during his visit rather than trying to extend his time there.
• Hawking reasoned that Isshiki had avoided confronting Kaguya Otsutsuki because he lacked a suitable vessel and feared her strength, but might act if she were weakened after fighting Naruto and Sasuke.

Hawking visited Sasuke at an Akatsuki base and tried to recruit him as an undercover informant by offering to reveal the truth about Itachi and the Uchiha massacre. He planned to use Sasuke to learn when Akatsuki would start its decisive battle, allowing him to lure Otsutsuki Isshiki out.

• Hawking used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Sasuke and quickly took his Kusanagi Sword, alarming him with his speed.
• Hawking pressed Sasuke to talk, and Sasuke revealed that Uchiha Madara planned to revive the Ten-Tails and deploy 100,000 White Zetsu.
• Hawking demonstrated that he already knew Akatsuki's plans, then offered to let Sasuke learn the truth from Itachi and the previous Hokage through the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hawking revealed that he wanted Sasuke to become his informant so he could learn when Akatsuki would begin its decisive battle and draw Otsutsuki Isshiki out.

Hawking helped Sasuke pursue the truth by bringing Itachi back with Impure World Reincarnation. Itachi recognized Sasuke, while the reason for his revival remained to be explained.

• Sasuke agreed to learn the whole truth, and Hawking took him to find a medium from Itachi's body.
• Sasuke discovered Itachi's coffin was empty, and Hawking suspected Kabuto had taken the body.
• Hawking retrieved a Reaper Mask and brought Sasuke to the Uchiha secret chamber, where he forced six White Zetsu monitoring Sasuke out of his body and immobilized them.
• Sasuke gouged out one of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan eyes and gave it to Hawking as a medium to revive Itachi.
• Hawking used Impure World Reincarnation on a White Zetsu vessel, brought Itachi back, and returned Sasuke's eye.
• Itachi realized he had been revived and greeted Sasuke with a gentle smile.

Hawking used White Zetsu to undo the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and reincarnate Konoha's four Hokage, hoping to speak with them. When Minato mistook Hawking for a threat to Naruto and attacked, the other three Hokage joined in, leaving Hawking facing all four at once.

• Hawking used the Imperius Curse to make White Zetsu wear the Shinigami Mask and cut open its stomach, releasing the four Hokage's souls and Orochimaru's sealed hands.
• Hawking performed the Impure World Reincarnation and summoned the First Hokage, Second Hokage, Third Hokage, and Fourth Hokage in White Zetsu bodies.
• The Fourth Hokage sensed the Nine-Tails inside Hawking and wondered if he was Naruto, while the Third Hokage realized Hawking was not Naruto and feared Naruto had lost his tailed beast.
• The Fourth Hokage attacked Hawking with a Flying Thunder God Kunai, but Hawking dodged and transmitted Minato's own sealed consciousness into his mental space to explain what had happened.
• The Third Hokage charged Hawking, and the First Hokage and Second Hokage followed, so all three attacked him together.

Hawking gained Sasuke’s agreement to remain in Akatsuki as an informant after helping him resolve his doubts about Konoha. Sasuke decided to become Hokage and change the shinobi system, while Hawking returned him to Akatsuki’s base to report on Obito’s plans.

• Hawking convinced the four Hokage that he meant them no harm, and they listened as Sasuke explained the Uchiha massacre and asked what a village and a ninja were.
• The First Hokage described founding Konoha with Uchiha Madara before Hawking dispelled the Hokage’s Impure World Reincarnation.
• Itachi encouraged Sasuke to choose his own path, and Sasuke resolved to become Hokage and prevent another Uchiha tragedy.
• Hawking asked Sasuke to remain in Akatsuki as an informant and alert him a day before Obito started the war, and Sasuke agreed.
• Hawking instructed Sasuke to meet him alone each night at eleven, and Sasuke planned to pretend to confront Obito about the missing White Zetsu before Hawking left using Apparition.

After the Five Kage established the Allied Shinobi Forces, Tsunade and Jiraiya arranged for Hawking to help in the coming battle against Akatsuki. Hawking learned Obito’s plans from Sasuke and agreed to join the fight, provided the alliance timed the decisive battle around his limited time in their world.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya that the Five Kage had formed the Allied Shinobi Forces and decided Naruto would hide in Kumogakure with Killer Bee rather than fight.
• Jiraiya offered to ask Hawking for help, and Hawking returned to Mount Myōboku after checking in with Sasuke.
• Sasuke told Hawking that Obito had taken Nagato’s Rinnegan and planned to use Konan’s six hundred billion Exploding Tags and shinobi revived by Impure World Reincarnation against him.
• Jiraiya explained the war and asked Hawking to help the Allied Shinobi Forces, and Hawking agreed.
• Hawking warned that he could stay in their world for only one hour a day, so Jiraiya said they would coordinate the decisive battle to bring him in at the crucial moment.

Hawking learned that the Fourth Shinobi World War was about to intensify and planned to reduce Allied Shinobi Forces casualties without changing the war’s overall course. He appeared on Turtle Island as a newly appointed Hidden Leaf advisor just as Yakushi Kabuto’s attack began.

• Sasuke reported that Kisame had died after sending intelligence to Obito, and that the White Zetsu army and reincarnated fighters would attack the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Hawking decided to let the war proceed while making adjustments to protect the Allied shinobi, and planned to appear during the decisive battle after waiting for Kaguya’s revival.
• Hawking arrived on Turtle Island, where Naruto had completed his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode training and was carrying out Yamato’s animal-classification mission.
• Hawking introduced himself to Killer Bee and the Kumogakure shinobi as a Hidden Leaf advisor, using a temporarily created forehead protector as proof.
• Turtle Island began shaking, and Hawking recognized that Yakushi Kabuto had arrived to attack with Deidara.

Yakushi Kabuto and Deidara attacked Turtle Island, flipping it over and revealing Naruto and Killer Bee to them. Hawking brought Naruto and Killer Bee into the battle, where Kabuto summoned four former Kage with Impure World Reincarnation, leaving the two sides poised to fight.

• Manda restrained Turtle Island while Deidara planted clay bombs beneath it and detonated them, turning the giant turtle over.
• Yamato caught Naruto, Guy, and the island’s animals with Wood Release, but Naruto and Killer Bee disappeared after Hawking warned them of the attack and used Apparition to bring them outside.
• Naruto recognized Yakushi Kabuto, who abandoned his plan to capture the targets by deception when he saw Hawking.
• Yakushi Kabuto summoned the Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, Third Raikage, and Fourth Kazekage with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Ōnoki urged Naruto and Killer Bee to flee for reinforcements, but they refused, and the two sides prepared to fight.

Hawking confronted the resurrected Kage and Akatsuki members, effortlessly blowing Deidara apart again and again. When Yakushi Kabuto sent the Third Raikage to attack, Hawking caught his strongest spear head-on.

• Hawking approached the resurrected Kage, and Ōnoki agreed to watch after Yamato identified him as Konoha's advisor.
• Deidara attacked Hawking with Explosive Clay birds, but Hawking blew them away with a breath and destroyed Deidara's clay bird with Confringo.
• Hawking repeatedly blasted Deidara with Exploding Charms whenever his Impure World Reincarnation body began to recover.
• Deidara called for help, so Yakushi Kabuto controlled the Third Raikage to attack Hawking.
• The Third Raikage used Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite, but Hawking caught his fingers before they could reach his heart.

Hawking effortlessly fought the reincarnated Kage and Deidara on Turtle Island, then revealed that his soul-slaying blade could release souls summoned by Impure World Reincarnation. After he sent the Third Raikage away, Yakushi Kabuto realized his control could be undone.

• Hawking caught the Third Raikage's Hell Stab and smashed through his Lightning Release Armor, blowing apart his head.
• Hawking intercepted the Second Mizukage's explosive bubbles and struck the invisible Second Tsuchikage with Dodon Ray.
• Yakushi Kabuto ordered the reincarnated Kage and Deidara to attack Hawking together, while Ōnoki held back the other fighters to protect the giant turtle.
• Hawking entered Shinigami Mode and used Getsuga Tensho to blow apart Deidara, the Second Tsuchikage, and the Second Mizukage before they could attack.
• Hawking used his blade to send the Third Raikage's soul away, ending the Impure World Reincarnation and shocking Yakushi Kabuto.

Hawking stopped Yakushi Kabuto’s attack on Turtle Island but deliberately let him escape so he could summon Reanimated Uchiha Madara for the coming battle. Hawking revealed the war plans to Naruto, moved the group to the Allied Shinobi Forces headquarters, and left Naruto with instructions for helping Sasuke and Itachi during the decisive battle.

• Yakushi Kabuto used the Fourth Kazekage’s gold dust to obscure the battlefield, recalled several reanimated shinobi, and escaped into the sea while Hawking defeated the Fourth Kazekage.
• Ōnoki praised Hawking’s strength, and Yamato tried to hide the war plans from Naruto until Hawking explained the imminent battle and White Zetsu’s planned nighttime raid.
• Hawking transported Naruto, Killer Bee, Ōnoki, and the others to the Allied Shinobi Forces headquarters, then sent the giant turtle to the sea near Kumogakure.
• Hawking told Naruto that Sasuke had become his undercover agent and instructed him to meet Itachi if Kabuto summoned him, keeping Sasuke’s allegiance secret from everyone but Tsunade and Jiraiya.
• Naruto decided to fight in the war and bring Sasuke back to Konoha.